Thursday, January 3

Magnetic Fields - "Three-Way"

After stumbling across "I Think I Need a New Heart" from 69 Love Songs on a mix CD this week, I'm getting more excited than ever for the forthcoming Magnetic Fields record. Distortion is due January 15 on Nonesuch Records, and it's hard not to expect good things from Stephin Merritt.

The opening track from Distortion, "Three-Way" has been floating around the Internet and it's a promising start. It's almost entirely instrumental, but Merritt blows me away even when I can't sing along to his wonderful lyrics.